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• Damascus: New bills to be approved for joint banks, shareholders market
  The Syrian government has submitted six important draft bills to the People's Assembly ( parliament), in the framework of the new economic policy to achieve openness and progress. Syria, Politics, 7/6/2000
• Jordanian government permits private media
  The Jordanian government has taken an important step towards permitting the private sector to establish private TV and radio stations in the Kingdom. Jordan, Politics, 7/6/2000
• Mubarak reviews Egyptian-Europe partnership working papers
  Modernizing and effecting comprehensive advancement constitute Egypt's national project for the future, said President Hosni Mubarak. Egypt, Economics, 7/6/2000
• King Mohammed stresses need to cement Moroccan- Algerian ties
  Morocco's King Mohammed VI stressed the need to cement the centuries-old ties of brotherhood binding the Moroccan and the Algerian peoples. Morocco, Politics, 7/6/2000
• Morocco, Tunisia agree to implement fisheries program
  Morocco and Tunisia agreed to implement a fisheries cooperation program for the year 2000-2001. Tunisia, Economics, 7/6/2000
• US, Israeli, Palestinian meeting on Tuesday
  US President Bill Clinton said on Wednesday that he Israeli- Palestinian summit, under the patronage of the US will start next week in Camp Davis near Washington. Palestine, Politics, 7/6/2000
• Arafat agrees on attending the trio summit
  Palestinian sources said that the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat agreed on attending the anticipated summit in Camp David urged on by the U.S President Bill Clinton. Palestine, Politics, 7/6/2000
• Moussa demands strategy to protect Arab identity
  Addressing the first annual conference of the Egyptian council for foreign affairs, Foreign Minister Amr Moussa stressed the necessity to forge out a strategy for foreign affairs. Egypt, Politics, 7/6/2000
• PM highlights importance of education, scientific research
  Egypt's Prime Minister Atef Ebeid said that the government wholeheartedly supports educational, scientific and technological development. Egypt, Education, 7/6/2000
• IMF and WB prescriptions to morocco criticized
  A Moroccan economist has criticized the prescriptions made to Morocco by the Bretton Woods institutions (World Bank -WB- and International Monetary Fund IMF). Morocco, Economics, 7/6/2000
• Improvement of the Egypt - Iranian relations praised
  Mohsen Miadamadi, head of the national security council and the foreign policy in the Iranian Shura council hailed the Egyptian - Iranian relations and said that it has reached the mutual confidence stage after the end of a tense stage. Egypt, Politics, 7/6/2000
• Sudanese - African communication for support bid for Security Council seat for Africa
  Sudanese Foreign Minister Mostafa Ossman Ismail began holding communications with his African counterparts to enhance Sudan's nomination to a UN Security Council seat (representing Africa) for the year 2001 - 2002. Sudan, Politics, 7/6/2000
• U.S delegation visits Sudan to hold discussions on cooperation
  Sudanese diplomatic sources said that a U.S team which is visiting Sudan comprises 18 members representing the U.S intelligence, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Sudan, Politics, 7/6/2000
• Amman hosts a conference on Arab children
  The 20th Arab children congress was opened on Tuesday evening in Amman. Syria, Politics, 7/6/2000
• Iraqi officials use Syria instead of Jordan for their trips
  The return of Iraqi trade minister Mohammed Mahdi Saleh home through Damascus and his meeting there with Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Mostafa Miro came to assure that Iraqi officials are no longer choosing the Jordanian capital Amman as a station to start and end their Arab and international visits. Iraq, Politics, 7/6/2000
• Three jobless graduates get two months in jail
  Three jobless graduates were sentenced Wednesday to two months in jail by a Rabat court for trouble-making charges. Morocco, Local, 7/6/2000
• Air Afrique buys 32 % shares in Mauritania Airways
  The multi-national airline company, Air Afrique, has bought 32 % shares in Mauritania Airways, Air Afrique's Director-General, Pape Sow Thiam, announced Wednesday in Nouakchott. Mauritania, Economics, 7/6/2000
• Failed high -jacking attempt of a Jordanian plane to Damascus
  A high ranking Jordanian official has announced that the Jordanian security forces foiled on Wednesday an attempt to high-jack a Jordanian passengers plane on its way to Damascus. The incident resulted in killing the kidnapper who was carrying a Syrian passport and wounding of 15 passengers. Jordan, Politics, 7/6/2000
• Sudan airways to start Lagos route
  Sudan Airways is to start flights on a new route to Lagos, Nigeria's economic capital, this weekend, an official of the company disclosed in Khartoum Wednesday. Sudan, Economics, 7/6/2000
• Another reconciliation attempt among warring Somali factions
  The minister of information and culture in Djibouti Lutfi Abdul Qader stated that the Somali groups who are meeting in Djibouti are studying items of a draft constitution including all organizational structure for the coming State of Somalia. Djibouti, Politics, 7/6/2000
• UN discusses access to information technology
  The United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) began its 2000, month-long substantive session at the UN headquarters on Wednesday, beginning with the problem of access of developing countries to modern information and communications technology. Regional, Economics, 7/6/2000
• Azmi Beshara underestimates Israel threats against the declaration of the Palestinian state
  The Palestinian intellectual Azmi Beshara has underestimated the Israeli threats concerning the decision to be taken by the Palestinians to announce their independent state next September. Palestine, Politics, 7/6/2000
• Yemen and the case of the Sudanese killer
  A Yemeni judicial source said on Wednesday that the question of the Sudanese killer Muhammad Adam, the workers at the Faculty of Medicine at Sanaa university, who is accused of committing a series of killing crimes, will be resumed on August 5 and not on July 8th as it was announced earlier. Yemen, Politics, 7/6/2000
• Israeli Knesset lifts immunity from Yitzhak Mordekhai
  The Israeli Knesset on Wednesday decided to withdraw parliamentary immunity from former Israeli transport minister Yitzhak Mordekhai, who is accused in three sexual harassment cases. Israel, Politics, 7/6/2000

Short Takes

• Ibrahim Abu Rodinah, advisor of the Palestinian President Yasser Arafat said that Arafat will declare his state on September 13th whether the three-way summit next week succeeds or not. He assured that the Israeli threats regarding this issue express the Israeli domination and confusion in confronting the Palestinian position. He said "these sounds are not peace sounds but the Israeli war drums." Go
• Morocco's King Mohammed VI received Wednesday at the Royal Palace of Tangier, Sheikh Hamdane Ben Zayed Al-Nahyane, state minister for foreign affairs of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Sheikh Hamdane was accompanied by Mania Said Al-Oteiba, advisor to Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al-Nahyan, President of the UAE, Said Khalfane Rmili, Director of the Abud Dhabi Fund for Development, and Issa Hamad Abu Chihab UAE ambassador to Morocco. Go
• Sheik Sabah El-Ahmad, the Kuwaiti foreign minister will head to Tehran at the end of this month to fulfill an Iranian invitation to visit Tehran in a step to pave the way for negotiations that tackle border demarcation of the continental rift between the two countries after Kuwait concluded an agreement with Saudi Arabia concerning the maritime borders. Go
• The first Libya plane landed Tuesday at the Mohammed V airport of Casablanca, marking the resumption of flights between the two nations. Go
• Saudi foreign minister prince Saud al-Faisal in Jeddah on Wednesday received the EU-ME Middle east special envoy Miguel Angle Moratinos. Talks during the meeting dealt with issues of mutual concern. Go
• The speaker of the Yemeni parliament Sheikh Abdullah al-Ahmar has described Saudi-Yemeni relations as strong, remarkable and strategic and that what is linking the two states is stronger than any disputes. In a statement to Sawt al-Arab radio on Wednesday morning, the Yemeni official added that cooperation between the two states will witness during the coming phase a breakthrough forward in all fields. Go
• The chairman of the Jordanian financial papers commission Bassam al-Saket has called for the establishment of joint water projects between Jordan and Syria under the existing brotherly relations between the two countries. Go
• Iraq negated yesterday accusations of U.S officials quoted by the New York Times as saying last Saturday that Iraq resumed its armament program and tested a short ranged missiles. In its comment, the Iraqi news agency considered that this information is ridiculous and a proof on the disappointment of the U.S administration. Go
• The Indonesian authorities refused to hoist the Israeli flag over a pavilion representing four Israeli companies that will take part in an agricultural exhibition to be held in the capital, Jakarta. Go
• Israeli sources said the tour of the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak which he had started on Wednesday at dawn in each of Britain and France aims at gaining the backing of the European Union member states for Israel's stances in its negotiations with the Palestinian side and Israel's refusal to have a Palestinian state established without its ( Israel) prior consent. Go
• The Algerian armed group on Tuesday killed six Algerian citizens from one family in Hallouba district in al-Bleida province, 50 KM to the west of the capital Algiers. In its Wednesday's issue, the Algerian paper al-Khabar said the armed groups detonated the door of the family's house and opened fire on the 6 victims, the elder among them does not exceed his 18 year-old. Go
• Germany won this Thursday the bid to host the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Germany won 12 votes against 11 for South Africa. Morocco left the race at the first voting round after gleaning only 3 votes. Go

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